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VOICE TECHNOLOGY
VOICE TECHNOLOGY
1. Context
Bank and cyber frauds in India are on the rise. According to data from the Reserve Bank of India, frauds have cost the country an estimated 100 crore a day over the la...
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30-Dec 2022
REMOTE ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINE (RVM)
REMOTE ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINE (RVM)
1.Background
Soon after assuming office as Chief Election Commissioner, Shri Kumar’s learning of domestic migration issues first hand from his trek to Dumak...
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30-Dec 2022
INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS ROLE IN INDEPENDENCE
INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS ROLE IN INDEPENDENCE
1. Background
Indian National Congress, by the name of Congress Party, is broadly based political party of India.
Formed in 1885, the Indian Nationa...
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30-Dec 2022
CASTE CENSUS
CASTE CENSUS
1. Context
Choosing Gandhi Jayanti to make the announcement, the Nitish government revealed the results of its caste survey, putting the combined OBC strength in the state at 63% – a...
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29-Dec 2022
DISPUTES AMONG STATES
DISPUTES AMONG STATES
1. Context
The border dispute between Maharashtra and Karnataka is intensifying, with both states hardening their stance.
On December 27, both Houses of the Maharashtra Asse...
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29-Dec 2022
BAN ON SINGLE CIGARETTES
BAN ON SINGLE CIGARETTES
1. Context
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare, in its latest report about cancer management, prevention and diagnosis, recommended that the...
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29-Dec 2022
NASAL VACCINE
NASAL VACCINE
1. Context
Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 recombinant nasal vaccine has been approved by the Ministry of Health’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation for primary immunisation of ...
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29-Dec 2022
GLOBAL EXPENDITURE ON R&D
GLOBAL EXPENDITURE ON R&D
1. Context
The Economic Survey 2020-21 released last year took note of the fact that India made it to the coveted list of top 50 innovative countries for the first tim...
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28-Dec 2022
BUSINESS ETHICS
BUSINESS ETHICS
1. Context
Just days after the arrest of former MD and CEO of ICICI bank, Chanda Kochhar and her husband, Deepak Kochhar, Videocon Group Chairman Venugopal Dhoot was arrested on Mo...
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28-Dec 2022
CERVICAL CANCER
CERVICAL CANCER
1. Context:
Studies indicate that the incidence of Cervical Cancer is inversely proportional to the human development index of countries.
The National Technic...
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28-Dec 2022
CAG AUDIT REPORT ON ASSAMS NRC
CAG AUDIT REPORT ON ASSAMS NRC
1. Context
A recent Comptroller and Auditor-General of India (CAG) report on the update exercise of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam has flagged ser...
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28-Dec 2022
MIGRANT LABOURS
MIGRANT LABOURS
1. Context
December 18 was observed as International Migrants Day, It must be seen in the backdrop of unprecedented volatility that began in 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemi...
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28-Dec 2022
VEER BAL DIWAS
VEER BAL DIWAS
1.Background
Every December, Sikhs mark the supreme sacrifice made by the children and mother of the 10th Guru, Gobind Singh ji. Shaheedi Jor Mela or Shaheedi Sabha is observe...
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28-Dec 2022
MILLETS
MILLETS
1. Context
2023 has been declared the "International Year of Millets" by the United Nations after a proposal from India in 2019. To raise awareness on millets and prepare for 2023, the India...
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27-Dec 2022
FOG
FOG
1. Context
The dense fog has enveloped northwestern India, including Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, parts of Uttar Pradesh and parts of Rajasthan.
The fog which follows a comparatively warm start to ...
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27-Dec 2022